Dinosaurs in Marunouchi

A couple of weeks ago Marunouchi was invaded by dinosaurs from Fukui prefecture on the north coast of Japan. Japanese kids, like kids everywhere I guess, have a serious love for dinosaurs, and they’re also lucky in that Japan is a good place to go fossil hunting. Three complete skeletons (casts) were on display as well as a few other interesting animated dinosaurs and educational videos and even life sized dinosaur scientists that were a great hit with the kids! First of we had the carnivorous 12m long Acrocanthosaurus atokensis from Oklahoma USA, and a Pteranodon longiceps with a wing span of 7m was hung in the ceiling. The Japan native Fukuisaurus tetoriensis, a herbivore Iguanadontian. Seeing these exhibitions in Marunouchi Building and the nearby Oazu Building really brought back memories from when I was dinosaur crazy kid myself! I think a trip to Fukui prefecture really must be arranged some time soon.

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Oh, what! The Acrocanthosaurus was from OK? How GUUZEN. ;) And I didn’t see the wonderful Fukuisaurus creation. Where was he hiding? He is very different than any dinosaur I’ve ever seen! Look at those nub hands and that giant beak! >_<

Great shots – as always!
My only point of critique would be that you should have posted those while the exhibition was still going on! I, too, would have loved to take that trip down memory lane… In exchange I request to accompany you to your upcoming dinosaur hunt in Fukui-ken! ;o)

I echo my daughter’s astonishment! I thought that dino WAS Fukuisauras and even wrote so in my blog. (Of course I wasn’t reading the information panel there. ^^;;) And that guy was brought in from my very state and I knew nothing about him ^^;;;) But of course Fukuisauras does look like a dino suited for Japan – a small herbivore.

This reminds me of my childhood. I was taken to a lot of museums, and there were always dinosaurs. I was a bit scared of them. That little fella looked like a mixture of fear and amusement. Little daredevil in the making.